Justice Comes Late
But it finally comes for two more members of the Khmer Rouge regime that murdered at least 1.7 million people (other estimates range much higher than that.). Ieng Sary and his wife, Ieng Thirith, have been arrested by Cambodian officials for their roles in the killings.
Ieng Sary and his wife, Ieng Thirith, are both accused of involvement in the slayings of political opponents during the 1975-79 radical communist regime, according to documents from prosecutors seen by The Associated Press. Ieng Thirith served as the regime's minister for social affairs.
Police detained the couple at their Phnom Penh residence at dawn. Officers later brought them to tribunal offices, where they were to make an initial appearance before the judges later Monday, said tribunal spokesman Reach Sambath. He did not elaborate on the charges they would face.
The radical policies of the Khmer Rouge blamed for the deaths of some 1.7 million people from starvation, disease, overwork and execution. None of the group's leaders have faced trial yet.
Both are accused of involvement in the slayings of political opponents, according to documents from prosecutors seen by The Associated Press.
Ieng Sary and Ieng Thirith join Nuon Chea and Kaing Geuk Eav, aka Duch in a prison built just for the purpose. They'll have nice toilets. Unfortunately, too many of the guilty were allowed to live out their lives. Unlike the 14,000 who entered the Tuol Sleng prison alive. All but three of them died. Or the rest of the 2 million or so victims of the regime.
World news | Gaius Sunday, 11 November , 2007
By Maggie, Monday, 12 November , 2007 @ 10:09 am
Gee, wonder what John Kerry has to say about this …
By mockinbird, Monday, 12 November , 2007 @ 4:16 pm
May those two push the crap cart in Hell.
Communism, what a worker’s paradise.